QA Engineer II

Location: India
Band: E

Quality Assurance Engineer C# & JS (Hybrid option)

Join a team of cybersecurity professionals and help Swiss Re to fulfil its mission in making the world more resilient. As the Quality Assurance Engineer, youll own the design of test cases for our vulnerability management platform, define our quality assurance standards for our processes and ensure security is tightly integrated into the development process.

Whats more, youll be working in a hybrid setup, perfectly balancing work from home and the office premises.

About the team

The Security Team is the focal point for all security activities across Swiss Re. We drive cybersecurity engineering and operations, governance, risk and compliance. We define and advance the companys security strategy. We own and develop applications and tools for vulnerability management, penetration testing, and red teaming.

Were looking for a highly experienced Quality Assurance Engineer who is passionate to shape with us the future of the security issues management for Swiss Re customers by designing and implementing back-end and front-end elements for our solution. Were looking for a person with a proactive mindset wholl enjoy the opportunity to shape something new.

In your role, you will

• 
  

  Design and implement test cases and test suites to ensure our main vulnerability management platform meets high expectations for reliability and availability

• 
  

  Define and enforce QA standards together with the other engineers: Ensure that all processes, procedures, and standards are suitable and correctly implemented for the project

• 
  

  Develop and execute test strategies covering functional, performance, security, usability, and exploratory testing. Analyse results to identify issues and recommend improvements

• 
  

  Maintain traceability and test coverage for requirements: Ensure every requirement is linked to corresponding test cases, track test execution and automation coverage, and report metrics that support continuous quality improvement in production releases

• 
  

  Collaborate with developers and DevOps to embed security into the development process from the start, in line with company QA standards, through code reviews, pair testing and continuous feedback

• 
  

  Contribute to user story definition and validation: Help to define the acceptance criteria of user stories and validate them during sprints

• 
  

  Facilitate knowledge sharing: Lead workshops, training sessions and documentation efforts to spread QA best practices

• 
  

  Contribute to technical documentation and CICD processes specifically, testing and validation processes

• 
  

  Have a chance to learn more about information security, vulnerability management, and Identity & Access Management

• 
  

  Join Swiss Res healthy and transparent risk culture where everyone engages in continuous risk accountability activities

Your qualifications

Nobody is perfect and meets 100% of our requirements. If you, however, meet some of the criteria below and are curious about the world of vulnerability management inside a well-established cybersecurity infrastructure, well be more than happy to meet you!

• 
  

  What we need from you

• 
  

  Passion, drive, and a belief in the value of vulnerability management as an enabler of business performance

• 
  

  5+ years of relevant work experience as a QA Engineer or similar role.

• 
  

  Some experience with testing RESTful based applications, cloud technologies, containers, and databases

• 
  

  Some experience with test management tools such as ADO (Azure DevOps)

• 
  

  Experience in back-end and front-end test automation, with tools like Jest, Mocha, xUnit, NUnit, Postman, RestSharp, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Cucumber, Specflow, and Allure for automatic reporting

• 
  

  Performance testing experience with tools like JMeter or LoadRunner

• 
  

  Security testing experience with tools like Sonar

• 
  

  Some experience working with the Azure DevOps platform

• 
  

  Experience in meeting non-functional requirements such as reliability, availability, usability and performance

• 
  

  Able to work independently in defining test cases and documenting results, championing the test strategy within the software development team

• 
  

  Experience with agile development and DevOps methodologies

• 
  

  Some experience in business analysis and requirements gathering

• 
  

  Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

• 
  

  Good communication skills in spoken and written English

• 
  

  Nice-to-have

• 
  

  A degree in Computer Science or comparable knowledge.

• 
  

  Some experience in .NET and JavaScript programming languages

• 
  

  Understanding of technologies related to information security and vulnerability management

• 
  

  Familiarity with Entity Framework and database management systems such as MSSQL

• 
  

  Some knowledge about authentication and authorisation mechanisms

• 
  

  Understanding of multi-tier and microservice-based architecture

• 
  

  Knowledge on containerisation, cloud platforms like Azure and associated technologies/capabilities

• 
  

  Experience with Azure-based applications

Swiss Re is one of the world s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. We cover both Property & Casualty and Life & Health. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

If you are an experienced professional returning to the workforce after a career break, we encourage you to apply for open positions that match your skills and experience.